The purpose of this paper is to corroborate and to demonstrate what Paul, the apostle of Jesus stated in the 3rd chapter of 2 Timothy, verses 16-17, concerning Scripture as “God Breathed” and revealing its Divine and human nature. This is a very significant and beneficial study for those who desire a better and more concrete understanding of Scripture and its authority and reliability, in order for an individual to gain complete faith in it as a prime source concerning spiritual guidance. It is vital
“Jesus and Violence” History has told us that violence has never been the solution to more violence. Nowadays, actions of violence are everywhere, in movies, television serious, in our daily life. We live in a world where power is often established through violence. But for a truly Christian, the form of violence the world chooses is always surpassed by the truth of the Scriptures. Violence is never the solution to resolve conflicts, because violence generates more violence. For many years, violence
seek to present Old Testament scriptures more effectively while remembering the context and the audience in which I am presenting. For example, I believe the greatest lessons that I have been reminded of are, the Old Testaments Scriptures from my childhood, which have become a big part of my relationship with God and are based on a childlike faith, which must now grow in the richness of the different interpretations, it is this message that I can apply to life. For example, I discovered from our study
The Omnipresent Violence Violence is not new. It starts with Abel and Cain. In time, it may change form, yet is not likely to end until the apocalypse. One’s perception of a religion may exacerbate his or her behavior towards others. However, the world will run out of its time, sooner or later, and both Abrahamic and non-Abrahamic faiths have definitions of the end. Violent in nature, human beings load their arms due to upcoming war, waged for salvation by the ones who are chosen by God to walk on
centered on assessing the ethical implications of us as people. Who we ought and be, and what actions we ought to take or avoid based on an understanding of the scripture and relevant human experiences. I do not subscribe to the divine command theory (DCT) of ethics, as I believe you can have ethics without God. The DCT proposes that what is morally right is what God has commanded (for example, love thy neighbor), and what is forbidden by God is morally wrong (i.e. murder), yet there are many who agree that
explain something.14 Every religion has certain fundamental beliefs, such as the, Creation. The idea of the creation has been a mystery or paradox for religion because of the concept of God creating the whole universe and every living thing. The scriptures in the Qur’an have been written in Arabic from the inception, unlike the Bible, there are not different versions of it. The Qur’an has remain in the original Arabic
leopard with the kid.” Isaiah 11:6. One of the more commonly known verses from the Hebrew bible. There are many verses such as this that express the longing for a culture without violence that is attributed to the ethical values of Judaism. Upon further research including an ethnographic study it was clear that followers of Judaism truly value the culture of non-violence. It is these ethics and values within the Judaistic tradition for the development of non-violence that are invaluable for contemporary
Mohammed founded Islam in 610 A.D, were people worshipping multiple God’s. During, a time of polytheism Mohammed had a vision; being perceived to be an angel who said “There is only one God and his name is Allah, worship him.” Islamic culture spread out across the globe mostly in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. For example, 60% of Muslims are Asian, 22% Sub-Sahara, 12% Eastern Europe, and 5% are scattered throughout the world. Muslims believe in the Quran, dictated to Mohammed by God through the Angel
various Roman Empire emperors prior to the 4th century. The church also had to go through the issue with heretics inside the church. During this crucial period in church history, one of the important theological and ecclesiastical question concerned Christology. Christology deals with the life of Jesus Christ. One bishop, Arius, taught that Jesus was not God the Son. God providentially sent a man, St. Athanasius, to defend the Lord’s church. St. Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria, became an
liberal Christianity. Since its conception, neo-orthodoxy has evolved and changed, with several thoughts emerging from those that advocate the third way idea. Some of these changes have included the way humans can understand God and the effect Scripture has on their lives. The outgrowths of neo-orthodoxy are deconstructionism, narrative theology and Radical orthodoxy; views that are the results relativism, misunderstanding inspiration, and distrust in the Bible. Deconstructionism proposes to free